Daily Archives: Thursday, April 17, 2008

Earlier this week , Russell Beattie, in announcing he’s pulling the plug on his year-old startup, Mowser , that provides web publishers the ability to easily publish a light-weight versions of websites for mobile device web browser, declared, “I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I’m tired of wasting my time, and went on to say: “The argument up to now has been simply that there are roughly 3 billion phones out there, and that when these phones get on the Internet, their vast numbers will outweigh PCs and tilt the market towards mobile as the primary web device. … Let’s face it, you really aren’t going to spend any real time or effort browsing the web on your mobile phone unless you’re using Opera Mini, or have a smart phone with a decent browser – as any other option is a waste of time, effort and money. Continue reading →